Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Greenwood, Mississippi, in Leflore County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Leflore County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Greenwood public records, Leflore County arrest records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Greenwood
The FBI lists Greenwood with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Greenwood Police Department. It reported 1,152 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Leflore County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 833 arrests for 2019.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Leflore County: Greenwood Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division (state agency).
How Many Arrests Greenwood Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Greenwood: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
Through September 2026, Greenwood reported 666 arrests, against 864 in the same months of 2025.
Across Leflore County, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,304 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greenwood Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Greenwood is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 76 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 224 beds, and it ran at 34 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Mississippi Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdoc.ms.gov/inmate_search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Greenwood
For Greenwood the place to look is the case index of the Leflore County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.ms.gov/mec/mec.php, phone 601-968-6628).
Mississippi does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Greenwood
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the agency must answer within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow, and it may charge the actual cost of search, review and copying.
- An arrest by the Greenwood police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at greenwoodms.com/emergency/police-department (page title: Police Department | City of Greenwood, MS), phone 800-701-8560, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Leflore County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Leflore County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.ms.gov/mec/mec.php, phone 601-968-6628.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
The Leflore County guide covers every agency in the county: Leflore County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greenwood each year?
Greenwood reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Greenwood booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Leflore County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Greenwood?
The court files of criminal cases in the Leflore County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Mississippi Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Greenwood?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greenwood police for its own arrests, the Leflore County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow.
Is this the official Greenwood website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.